Mama's Ruby Ring

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Will Adams

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I hereby declare my body be dug up from the banks of the Kings
There's snakes in the ground, wasps in the air and you better hope they don't sting
Haul me off in a pickup truck and bury me in Eureka Springs
And if my baby sees 99 give her her mama's ruby ring

Got it from a witch doctor on Royale Street, New Orleans
I was 35 years old and she was just 18
It was sitting there behind a voodoo doll with the face of B.B. King
She said, "I'll give all my love to you if you buy me that ruby ring

I bought me a bike from a used car lot just south of Abilene
I took my girl past the Grand Tetons, we saw us some redwood trees
We sure thought we knew a thing or two about dying fast and living free
Her whispering to me under an ocean of stars wearing nothing but the ruby ring

She had me at the tip of her finger, I saw to her every need
I washed her hair in rivers and bought her expensive cheese
We were drinking beer in an Austin pool hall when she told me I planted the seed
She knocked hers back, burped approval, and said, "kiss my ruby ring"

We kept riding till her belly grew too big for the backseat
I bought us a place in Russellville, tended bar so we could eat
We'd stay up late watching the shopping channel, getting the bed stained with ice cream
I never could have seen this coming when I bought her that ruby ring

She had a girl the 25th of June and we named her B.B.
I stayed up all night with the child to try and help her get some sleep
I must have dozed off or something, cause when I went to check on her all I saw was rumpled sheets
A bright red gem and a note in pen that said, "Thanks for my ruby ring"

I hereby declare my body be dug up from the banks of the Kings
There's snakes in the ground, wasps in the air and you better hope they don't sting
Haul me off in a pickup truck and bury my ass in Eureka Springs
And if my baby sees 99 give her her mama's ruby ring

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